Recording machine



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1,629,078 May 17, 1927' J, F. K IELY RECORDING MACHINE Filed June 15, 1925 {Shasta-Shed 3 Fig.6

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Patented May 17, 1927.

UNITED STATES JAMES F. KIELY', 0F SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

RECORDING MACHINE.

Application filed June 15,

This invention relates to recording Inachines, particularly a card time recorder, that is, a recorder in which each person or workman has a daily or weekly time card on which the time of his entering and leaving is printed by the machine, and it hasfor its object a particularly simple and efliclent means for locating the successive records on the card, so that the in and out records for each day are arranged in successive spaces on the card.

The invention consists in the novel features and in the combinations and the constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a side elevation, partly in section, and parts being removed, of a time recorder mechanism embodying my invention the same being taken on line 1-1, Figure 2.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the parts seen in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the parts seen in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a sectional View on line ll, Figure 3.

Figure 5 is an elevation, parts being omitted, looking toward the left in Figure 2.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary plan view of one form of the stop mechanism and contiguous parts.

Figure 7 is'a face view of the card.

Figure 8 is a fragmentary plan View of another form of the stop mechanism.

Figure 9 is an elevation looking upwardly in Figure 8.

Figure 1.0 is a fragmentary elevation of the operating means looking to the left in Figure 2.

I have here illustrated my invention as CH'Il'JOdlQd in a time recorder, comprising a printing couple including a time stamp element and a card receiver element having relative movement to effect the making of a record on the card and relative lateral movement to locate the records on the card in successive lateral positions. means for effecting such relative movements and stop mechanism for limiting the lateral movements in.

successive positions for each card. The stop mechanism is controlled by means or TllOdl ihaatienson the card, which means o mode 1923. Serial No. 645,579.

lications are placed on the card during each printing operation. to control the stop mechanism during the next printing operation on the same card. The card is modified, as by forming a projecting boss thereon during each printing operation, and the modification controls the locating of the record on the card during the next printing operation on the same card. In the illustrated embodiment of my invention, the card receiver is shiftable laterally relatively to the time stamp into difierent lateral positions. The time stamp includes the usual type wheels 1. supported in a suitable frame 2, and a platen or hammer 3, coacting with the wheels or type on the wheels at the printing line. The time stamp also includes ribbon or inking mechanism and means for operating the platen and effecting the relative lateral positioning of the stamp and the card receiver. The type wheels are actuated from a time movement in any suitable manner as by shaft 4t, which shaft is connected to the type wheels in any suitable and known manner.

5 is a card receiver mounted on guide rods 6, 7, supported by the main frame 8 of the recorder and located to support the card be tween the type Wheels 1 and the hammer 3. The card receiver is here shown as provided with a movable abutment 9, against which the lower edge of the card abuts, this abutment being shiftable each day in order to position a different row of the recordreceiving spaces on the card at the printing line. This card abutment is shiftable each day either automatically or by hand and is here shown as carried by a lever 10 pivoted to the frame 2, having a follower coacting with a scroll 12 which is shiftablc either by the time movement or by hand through the rod 13 in any well known manner.

The operating mechanism, for ell'ccting the making of the record, that is, the actuation of the hammer comprisr-is a prime mover or handle 14rmounted on a shaft 15 supported by the frame to rotate relative thereto, and having a pawl 16 pivoted thereto at 17, the pawl having a tooth or hook 18 arranged to latch on the shoulder 11) (see Figure 10) mounted on a hub 20 keyed to the shaft 15, the pawl being yieldingl-y held. in position to engage the ion der by a spring 21, and having a t an ed to engage a kirclii of? shorii il i' s h i iiler 23 siippored i1 hracket 2i tixed to the main frame. The rocking movement is transmitted to the rammer through a rocker arm 25, Figure 2, keyed to such shaft 15, and the hammer or its shank 26 pivoted or hinged at 2. to the rocker arm and yieldingly held from pivetal movement by a spring 28, the spring 28 being connected at its ends to hooks on the arms 25 and it; as clearly shown in Figure 1.

Upon depression of the handle 14, the tooth 18 ot' the pawl 16 engages the shoulder 19 on the shat't l and rocks said shaft thus retracting the hammer until the tail ol' the pawl lti cuethe roller .23 and moves the pawl 16 on its pivot. 17 against the action of its spring; ill. their movement ot the pawl lifts the pawl tooth l3 trom the shoulder l9 and hence permits the shatt. to he returned lrv the spring and in so doing to throw the hammer in the opposite direction to strike tlie eard and impress it against the type whe l of the machine r the rihhon between tl i type winds and the card and thus make a record. The spring 28 permits the hammer to overthrow or ti at the end ot its throw atter the shaft as heen stopped, and to return it rearwardl v away from the card, after striking the blow. The rocking of the shatt by the spring 29 is limited by a stop l ver 30 mounted on the shaft; 15 and ha *ing' a hub lI6"GCl thereto, the stop lever en 'aging a shoul .er a rod 31, carried by the main frame 8. The spring 29 is connected at one end to the stop lever at 32 and at its other end to a bracket- 33 on the main frame 8.

The handle Ll is returned to its starting position h v a spring 34-. Figure 2, connected at one end to a laterally extending angular arm 35 lined at 35 to the handle The return movement of the hammer is limited to its starting position h v a shoulder or set: screw 36 threading; through the hracket 24% in 3 sition to engage the downwardl v extending arm 37 on the handle. In order to pre vent violent operation of the handle ll. controlling means is provided. here shown as consisting of a rocker arm 38 depending from a huh 39 on the shaft 15 and fixed to the handle l t stationary rack t0, l igures 2 and 5, on the base of the main frame. a series 01" cams ll. opposing the rack teeth. and a stop arm movahle between the rack -:l -tl and the cams l1 and being iiiori'nrillv out ot engagement with the rack and having: a tollower tor riding;- over the cams. the stop arm hein connected to the rocker arm 38 by a link ie pivoted at 4-5 to the lower end of the arm 38.

Sudden depressing of the handle 1%: and hence oi"- the shaft 15, causes the follower 4 of the stop lever 42 to be thrown upwardly by one of the cams -11 against one of the teeth or the rack 40, and thus prevents further movementof the handle until it is again a El released. The series of cams ll. and rack teeth ll) require the operator to depress the handle easily, to cause the stop lever to ride over the cams l-l without heing thrown into engagement with the rack teeth 1-0.

The lateral .Jhiilting oi"; the and receiver is effected by the handle 14: preliniinar to the. striking oi the hlow hv the hammer 2- and, as here illustrated, the motion of the. handle is transmitted to the card receiver to shift it laterally through a lever arm .6 extending to the rear side o l? the sha't't l5 and forming an extension ot the an ular arm 35 ot the handle ll, a link Z'rl Final. 5. pivoted a one end at 48 to the lever i t and at its other end at 49, Figure to one arm ot a hell crank lever .30 pivoted at at to a lu'aclvet; 552 on the hase oi the t'ran'ie 8, and a lever also pivoted on the same pivot 51 and extending upwardly at one side ot the card 'eceiver and connected thereto by a link til pivoted at to the upper end of the lever and at 56 to the card receiver, this leve 53 having an angular arm 53% at. its lower end which is connected h v a spring at to the other arm ot the hell crank lever Fill.

Thus, during the depression of the hand lever M and the angular arm 35, the lever arm 46, forming an extension ot the arm 35, is moved upwardly, pulling the link 4t? therewith, and this link n'loving the hell crank lever 50 causes the motion of said link to be yieldingly transmitted through the spring 57 to the shifting arm connected to the card receiver. During the shifting oi the card receiver by the handle 14-, the hammer or platen is being retracted and the continued movement oi? the handle 14- releases the han'n'i'ier or platen to strike the hlow. Thus the card receiver is shifted to its various lateral positions, hel'orc the hammer is released 't'rom the pawl to to strike the blow.

The card receiver is returned to its normal position through the. same mechanism during the return of the handle It to its starting position h v the spring Ill. Figures 1 and As this spring is connected to the handle it to return it to its starting position. the motion of the handle is ransmitted through the arm 46 ot the handle, Figure link 47. levers so and and link at. Th spring .57 connecting the levers 5t) and 533 h ing under tension during the shifting; o t the cad receiver reacts duriiw; the retnrn move ment. and causes the lever fit) to act on the lever 53 owing to a shoulder or set screw so", Figure 2, on the lever 50 and coacting with the lett edge of the lever 53.

The mechanism controlled by modifications. as hosses, made on the ard dnrine each printing operation. comprises two parts, one oi which is llXttl, trom lateral movement with the card receiver and the other of which shifts with the card receiver, one ot these parts heinl. tor convenient-e,

called a pawl and the other being provided with a series ofisnccessively arranged shoulders corresponding to the positions to be occupied byv successive records on the card, this part, tor convenience, being called a rack. The parts are arranged so that the shoulders and pawl are normally out of alinement at an angle to the lateral movement of the card receiver and one oi them is W shifted into alincment with the other part by the modification on the card.

As here illustrated, the rack 58 is shown as fixed to the card receiver, as seen in Figure 6, which is laterally shiit'tablc and the rack is here shown as located on the front side of the card receiver; and the pawl 59 is normally out of the pathot the rack teeth and is pivoted at 60 on a vertical pivot to the frame 8, it being formed with laterally folded spaced apart ears 61 at the upper and lower edges of its pivoted end, through which ears the pivot 60 extends, as seen in Figure 1. The pawl 59, as before stated, is normally out of the path of the rack teeth but is normally in the path of a shoulder 62 at the remote end of the series of rack teeth. in order to engage the shoulder 62 without being shifted to limit the lateral shifting of the card in its first or lateral position to locate the first recordon the card.

The pawl 59 is controlled in its shitting by means or modifications on the card and, as here illustrated, it is shifted by means of a lever 63, Figures Sand (3, pivoted at 6st to the. cross member 65 on the frame, the lever 63 having a shoulder '66 coacting with the arm 67 ot' a lever 68 pivoted to the bracket 70, Figure 2, rising from the cross frame member 65, this lever 68 carrying a spring arm 71, having a contact 72 at its end. which makes contact with a terminal. 73, 'arried by a bracket 7 rising from the cross frame member 65. The movement of the lever (58 is against a returning spring (38. The arm 71 is connected to one leg 75 (it the electric circuit, the other leg 75 is connected to one endot' the coil of an electromagnet 76 suitably supported by the trame; and the terminal 73 is connected by m a wire 77 to the other end vof such coil. The magnet 76 has suitable armature 7S provided with an angular arm 79 pivoted at St) to a bracket 81 supported by the main frame, this arm 79 enacting with an arm 82 projecting radially from the pawl 59. \Vhen the shitting arm 63 is actuated, as will he presently described, the shoulder (36 1110\ the lever 68 on its pivot thereby movlug the spring arm 71 to carry its contact M into engagement with the terminal 73, thus closing the electric circuit, so that the magnet 76 is energized and attracts its armature 78, thereby moving arm 79 against its I retracting spring 7 9, and causing said arm 79 to move the arm 82 of the pawl to the that seen in Figure 7.

right and shift the pawl 59 into the path oi. the shoulders of the rack 58 and thus limitthe lateral shifting of the card receiver.

The timing of this shifting movement is controlled, as will be presently described. 70 Instead of being electrically operated, the pawl may be shifted mechanically, as shown in Figures 8 and 9, in which the arm 71 is shown as connected mechanically to the pawl 59, the arm 71 bein here shown as connected to a bracket 83 rising from the pawl 59, the connection being merely a slot in the bracket 83, which receives the end of the arm 71. A suitable stop 81 limits the movement of the pawl to its starting position in so both constructions. In the construction shown in Figures Sand 9, a spring 85 returns the shifting lever 63 to its starting position.

The means or modifications on the card, to locate the records successively, are preferably placed on the card during each printin operation to control the lateral position oi: the card receiver during the next operation, this means, as here illustrated, is a punch and either a. hole punched through the card or an embossing made on the card.

As will be understood by those skilled in the art, the :ards used in time recorders are similar to that illustrated in Figure 7, in which the in and out registrations for the day of the week are made in a horizontal row and, also, those for each succeeding day are made in a horizontal row below the row of registrations for the next preceding day. During the first registration for any day, the card receiver is shifted to the limit of its lateral movement, that is, until the pawl 59 engages the shoulder of the rack and, for each succeeding registration, the card receiver is shifted a correspondingly shorter distance, in order to place the registrations in successive columns. Also, the card is placed in the card receiver with its face toward the type or in a. reverse position from I10 In this machine, the position of the first registration for any one day is determined by the stop shoulder 62 ot the rack 58, during the making of this lirst registration.

In this en'lbodiment of my invention, the card is modified during the printing of the first record to provide it. with means for controlling the shifting of the pawl 59 into the path of one of the shoulders of the rack I?!) 58, during the shifting ot the card receiver to locate the second record; and during the printing of the second record. this card is again modified to control the shifting of the pawl 59 at the proper time to locate the third record. etc.

In the illustrated en'il'iodiment of my in vention, the card is modified by punching it'to form an embossing. The operation with an embossed card will now be de in scribed. The embossing is formed on the card, also, as will be presently described, during the printing operation. During the making" of the first record, as that designated at the top of the first column in Figure 7, the punch mechanism forms the emlmssinn" designated at 87, Figures 3 and 7, and, when the card is again placed in the receiver and the handle let actuated, the card receiver is shifted to the left, and this emhos 'ng, riding along the face 88 of the shitting lever 3 3, which is located. adjacent the r ar 'l'ace ot the card, shifts the lever 63 sutlicientlv to cause the lever 68 to; in turn, actuate the lever T1 to close the circuit to the nmgnet and. hence. cause the pawl to move into the path of the. next to the last tooth ol' the rack 58 or to cause this arm 71 to actuate the pawl 59 mechanically, as shown in Figure ti and 9. to shift the pawl into the path of such tooth 8-). When he second registration. as 12.01. is made, the punch or embossing- RT is formed on the card in a horzontal l ne with the first can bossing 87, and, hence. when the card is placed in the receiver to make the third registration, as 12.59, this embossing 87 engages and actuates the lever 63, causing the pawl 59 to engage the next tooth 90 or" this rack 58. Likewise. the embossing of 87 87 and 87* are made successively, engaging the shoulders 91, 92, etc., during the succeeding operations. At the end of each day, the card abutment 9 shifts or is shifted upwardly, so that the next day a new horizontal row of punches orembossings is made on the card.

The means. 't'or etl ecting the modifications of the card, comprises a punch 93, Figures 3 and a, carried by the type wheel carriage, a die 9d opposed to the punch, and a hammer actuated by the handle 14- tor striking the die. causing; it to coact with the punch to term embossing during the printing operation, that. is. while the platen or hammer S is coat-ting: with the type wheels. Ihis hammer for operating the punch is similar in its construction and operation to the hammer 3 and. as here shown, comprises an arm mounted on a huh 96 on the. shatt 15 adjacent the reel-(er arm 25. a shank l)? pivoted at 9? to the arm 95, and a spring 99 c nnecting: the parts 95 and 07, so that the shank. 97 can iiip relatively to the arm 95 when the shaft is limited in its movement. The hub 0(3- is loose on the slia'i'ti 15 and said. =ctuated by an extension 100 of the pivot of he hammer arm or shank 26 such actuation being against a spring 101. it, stop 102 limits the movement of the arm 95 by the spring. The extension 100 of the pivot 27 of the hammer extends through a slot in the arm 95 of the punch hammer 97 so that actuation of the hammer arm 26 causes this extension 100 oi the. pivot 27 of the hammer arm 26 to carry the arm 95 of the punch hammer backwardly with it. The slot in which the pin 100 is located permits the punch hammer to flip against the action of the spring 99. As before described, during the operation of the hammer 3, the upper end ot the shank 9T strikes against the die tl-l and moves it against the card interposed between the punch 93 and the die, causing the embossing 87 to be made. The die, as here shown, is the head of the lever (i -l, the head being opposed to a yieldingly mounted anvil lit-3, carried by the type wheel carriage adjacent the punch 93, the movement: ol' the anvil being against a suitable cushioning spring 104. The hammer strikes at. one side or the die cavity and, in operation, the he: l of the lever (3 moved by the. shank UT against; the card and the card against the anvil i0 5 which yields during the striking oil the blow. During the movement of the head of the lever 63 and the \ieldiu;, at? the anvil, the die cavity is brought a :=;aius:t the card opposite the point, the card is engaged by the punch, so that during the striking of the blow the card is provided with a punch or embossing.

1% my step mechanism, the card receiver or other shii'tahlo element is limited by modilications on the card placed on the card during the preceding printing operation and, hence, successive records on each card are governed by the conditions present in that card only.

What I claim is:

1. In a recording machine the combiua tion of a printing,- couple comprising a stamp clen'rent and a card receiver element having, relative movement to e'tl'ect the printing of a record on the card in the receiver and relative lateral movement to locate the record on the card. operating; means 'lor etl'ccting such relative movements, stop mechanism for limiting the lateral movement in successive positions, mechanism operated by the relative movement, of the printing couple elements while making a. record to produce a modification in the form of a boss projecting out. of the plane oi? the. Ytlltl for controlling the operation oi the stop mech' anism during the next printing operation on the card. said stop mechanism comprising;- a part located out oi the plane oi the card and in the path ol the boss to be ena'agl'ed and shift-ed thcreliiy. during the lat. eral movement of the card receiver.

2. In a recordirnc machine the combination of a printing couple comprising a stamp element, and a card receiver element having relative movement to effect the printing ot a record on a card in the receiver and relative lateral movement to locate the record on a card, operating means for effecting such relative movements, stop mechanism for limiting the lateral movement in successive tin;

lateral positions, mechanism associated with the printing couple and operated by the relative movement thereof while making a record, to produce a modification on the card in the form of a boss projecting out of the plane of the card, for controlling the operation of the stop mechanism during the next printing operation on the card, said modification producing mechanism forming a series of bosses in a row on the card, one boss during each printing operation, and

the stop mechanism comprising a movablepart arranged out of the plane of the card and in the path of the bosses, each boss acting as a cam to actuate said part during the said operation.

3. In a recording machine the combination of a printing couple comprising a stamp element and a card receiver element having relative movementto effect the printing of a record on a card in a receiver, and relative lateral movement to locate the record on a card, operating means for effecting such relative movements, stop mechanism for limiting the lateral movements in successive lateral positions, mechanism associated with the printing couple and operated by the relative movement thereof while making a record to produce a modification on the card in the form of a boss projecting out of the plane of the card for controlling the operation of the stop mechanism during the next printing operation on the card, said modification producing mechanism, forming a series of bosses in a row on the card, one

boss during each printing operation, and the stop mechanism comprising a lever arranged to be operated by the boss on the card, the boss acting as a cam on the lever to actuate it.

4. In a recording machine the combination of a printing couple comprising a stamp element, and a card receiver element having relative movement to effect the printing of a record on a card in a receiver and relative lateral movement to locate the record on a card, operating means for effecting such relative movements, stop mechanism for limiting the lateral movements in successive lateral positions, mechanisnrassociated with the printing couple and operated by the relative movement thereof, while makinga record to produce a modification on the card in the form of a boss projecting out of the plane of the card for controlling the operation of the stop mechanism during the next printing operation on the card, said modification producing mechanism forming a series of bosses in a row, one boss during each printing operation, and the stop mechanism comprising a lever arranged to be operated by the boss on the card and the boss acting as a cam on the lever to actuate it, and a rack and pawl, the pawl being connected to the lever to be operated by the lever.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name, at Syracuse, in the county OI Onondaga and State of New York, this 31st day of May, 1923.

JAMES F. KIELY. 

